Luke 18:12

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Summary

Luke 18:12

I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.

Fast

I give

Luke 11:42

Matthew 23:23

General references

Mark 10:20

Luke 5:32

Luke 18:21

Bible References

Fast

So you too, when you do all that you are ordered to do, say, 'We are worthless slaves; we have done only what we ought to have done.'"

"Take care not to do your good deeds in public, to attract the attention of people; if you do, you will get no reward from your Father in heaven.

Then John's disciples went up to Him, and said, "Why do we and the Pharisees practice fasting, but your disciples do not?"

You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied beautifully about you, when he said:

So where has human boasting gone? It was completely shut out. On what principle? On that of doing something? No, but on the principle of faith.

Brothers, my heart's good will goes out for them, and my prayer to God is that they may be saved.

so that no mortal man might ever boast in the presence of God.

and how I outstripped many of my own age among my people in my devotion to the Jewish religion, because I surpassed all others in my zeal for the traditions handed down by my forefathers.

It is not the result of what anyone can do, so that no one can boast of it.

Physical training, indeed, is of some service, but religion is of service for everything, for it contains a promise for the present life as well as the future.

I give

But a curse on you Pharisees, because you pay tithes on mint, rue, and every tiny garden herb, but neglect justice and the love of God! These latter especially you ought to have done, but ought not to have neglected the former.

"A curse on you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees! For you pay tithes on mint and dill and cummin, and yet leave out the more vital matters of the law, justice, love and fidelity. These latter especially you ought to have done, but ought not to have left out the former.

General references

But he said to Him, "Teacher, I have kept all these commandments ever since I was a child."

It is not upright but sinful people that I have come to invite to repentance."

But he said, "I have kept all these commandments ever since I was a child."